January 2009
11 posts
Steve Jelley:
Plushmusic launches at DLD09! http://tinyurl.com/cehfge
Plushmusic goes public
Matt Jolly:
Well there’s been a lot of preparation but we’ve finally opened the site to the public. From the first concert in Malvern nearly a year ago, through the festival in Plush, the jazz gigs in Cologne and all the others, as well as building the site, its been a rollercoaster ride to get to this stage.
I honestly believe that both the musicians and the audience are onto a winner...
SFJAZZ Collective tour dates announced
Matt Penman:
For fans of Matt’s work with the SFJAZZ Collective, here’s their tour schedule for 2009:
February 27 - Metropolis Theatre, Montreal, QU, Canada February 28 - Palais Montcalm, Québec, QU, Canada March 1 - Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Ottawa, Canada March 6 – 7 - Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY March 8 - The Egg, Albany, NY March 10 - The Dakota,...
Lunch with Marie Bitlloch
Tim Horton:
Tim’s got a lunchtime concert with cellist Marie Bitlloch on Tuesday 27 January 2009 at 12:45 p.m. at Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2JD Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in C Major, Opus 102, No. 1 Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in A Major, Opus 69 £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students Ticket information or info@musicintheround.co.uk...
Satie's Vexations
Hayden Chisholm:
Vexations by Satie is a piece seldom heard on CD as a performance would last longer than a day- here is my own version coming closer to the full length, it´s been with me of late :
Here is an excellent analysis of what happens when a single player performs this work over the period of 28 hours. The information here as to the onset and duration of the “trance state”...
Hayden hears music to die for
Hayden Chisholm:
Musical instruments as a weapon of self defence: Forbidden the use of their samurai swords, the ronin made their shakuhachis longer and stouter for use as clubs in self-defense and took to wearing large straw baskets over their heads to achieve the anonymity essential to under-cover eavesdropping while playing along the streets of ancient kyoto. The flute that plays this could...
Hayden Chisholm's hushed new year
Hayden Chisholm:
The year ends as it began not with a bang but a whisper (how I like it) May the year ahead bring our voices and our flutes even closer:
If only, then to follow her lead
Bay of Kotor
Strangeness and charm as Rückert teams up with...
Jochen Ruckert:
‘Mr. Charette does not seem to be satisfied with being ordinary,’ says Edward Blanco, reviewing New York pianist and organist Brian Charette’s CD Missing Floor for ejazznews. Jochen and saxophonist Leon Gruenbaum complete Charette’s strange trio.
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A new CD from the SF Jazz Collective
Matt Penman:
SFJazz Collective’s CD Live 2008: 5th Annual Concert Tour is reviewed by Richard Kamins: ‘If you enjoy the music of Wayne Shorter, appreciate intelligent interpretations, and want to hear 8 of the finest contemporary musicians “strut their stuff”, SFJazz Collective will give you many hours of satisfaction.’
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Sara Bittloch's desert island music
Tim Horton:
On 12 March at 7.45pm, at Upper Chapel, Sheffield, Tim and Ensemble 360 will be playing a programme of Brahms and SIbelius. This is violinist Sara Bitlloch’s choice of ‘Desert Island music’, and she’ll be talking about her selection before the concert at 6.15pm.
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